I cannot believe I haven’t posted about this until now. Last week I successfully completed my mission to find an awesome bag for my new macbook as my designer slim from Acme Made that I purchased for my dell was not going to work.

Thanks to a suggestion from a twitter friend, I checked out R.E.I. I found a bag that wasn’t meant to be a laptop bag and figured I would pick it up just in case it would work. If not, it was going to be a great hiking bag anyway. I ended up getting the Oswego bag in blue by Keen. I went to the Apple store the next day and bought a slim incase sleeve and voila! Mission completed.

The laptop bag is now dual purpose and I have an awesome way to carry my macbook on top of it.

Hi. Im Tonia (or Tanya if you ask Lux or Starbucks). I’m a accessory whore. I’m sure this is no surprise to most people.

Recently I purchased a new 13″ macbook, which now is in need of a new bag. My previous laptop, the monster 17″ dell, has a gorgeous designer slim bag in black and teal from Acme Made. I love Acme Made bags but didn’t want to limit my decision. Thanks to a friend I was forwarded a great link loaded with laptop bag suggestions (one I think was even from a recent acquaintance that I didn’t know at the time the thread was started).

Some things I am looking for (not sure I can get them all in one bag):

• Stylish. This is pretty much a must.
• Type. I prefer either a verticle over the shoulder or a hand bag.
• Color. I *have* to have color. Likes? Hot pink, brown, white, teal, plum.. anything but black
• Slim. I want something that has a lot of space and compartments but is tiny
• Unique. I can’t handle typical.

I have now narrowed down my options to 6, and am going to crowd source for some opinions. If you know me and my personality, please give me your opinions and let me know which one you think would be best for me or feel free to suggest another. Notice I have not found a bag that comes with hot pink as its main color yet. If someone finds one of those I will be in heaven.

1. Timbuk2 – Um hello. Building your own bag? Even going as far as optimizing for my left-handedness. Not sure it can get much better than this. Note this is just a picture of the bag type not the exact color and specs I want.
2. Women’s MB from Brenthaven. Hot pink and brown and apparently also comes with another flap in case I am ever indecisive again? Also vertical, which is a bonus.
3. Crumpler Luncheon. Vertical, over the shoulder, cute, small and fits several different items.
4. STM Phantom (in red). Not as “cute” as the others but still cute in a way. Not sure why but there’s just something I like about it. Maybe because it’s over the shoulder but looks like a hand bag?
5. Giddy Up by Pinder. Looks like a hand bag. Hot pink and brown.
6. The Kate by Acme Made. I wasn’t able to get any of the cute bags from Acme with my old laptop, and I despite all my looking I still have a partial lust for the Kate.
7. F21 Nightclub Bag from Freitag. Not sure I want to spent this much but I have to admit this is a nice bag.(I like the one with 20 on it).